The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point and Selected Other Poems


Gelesen von Alan Mapstone

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in County Durham, England in 1806. From the age of 15 she suffered a series of debilitating illnesses. Her book of "Poems" published in 1844 attracted the attention of Robert Browning, leading to their courtship, marriage and elopement to Italy where she lived for the rest of her life. She died in Florence in 1861.

She was a campaigner for the abolition of slavery despite both her parents' families having financial interests in plantations in the West Indies. Her poem "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" was an attempt to make people in England and America more aware of the cruelty of slavery as it affected a young slave woman..
(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 23 min)

Kapitel

The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point 16:45 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Young Queen 4:51 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Victoria's Tears 3:45 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
A Sabbath Morning at Sea 5:03 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
To Bettine 3:50 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
A Child's Grave at Florence 8:19 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Sea-Mew 3:21 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Cowper's Grave 6:28 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
To Flush, my Dog 6:37 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
SONNETS: On a Portrait of Wordsworth 1:38 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Flush or Faunus 1:33 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
To George Sand - A Desire 1:38 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
To George Sand - A Recognition 1:34 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Prisoner 1:35 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Mountaineer and Poet 1:30 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Poet 1:28 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
PARAPHRASES: Marriage of Psyche and Cupid (on Apuleius) 3:00 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Daughters of Pandarus (on Homer) 3:25 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Ode to the Swallow (on Anacreon) 1:34 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Paraphrases on Heine 5:42 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone